Atlantic Coast Line K-14 Class 4-6-0 250 is a 1910 Baldwin built locomotive, one of only four surviving ACL steam locomotives. She was last used in service between Wilmington and Fayetteville, No... (more)

Atlantic Coast Line K-14 Class 4-6-0 250 is a 1910 Baldwin built locomotive, one of only four surviving ACL steam locomotives. She was last used in service between Wilmington and Fayetteville, No... (more)

The February 21, 1981 Family Lines Rail System Safety Express ran round trip from Tampa, Fl to Dunellon via Plant City, Fl. Chesapeake & Ohio 614 was the power for this trip. Chesapeake & Ohio Cla... (more)

A very unique railroad existed on Chicago's far south side. Owned by the H. Bairstow & Company, the approximately one mile long Indian Hill and Iron Range Railway served only one purpose. The rail... (more)

Strasburg 90 is a 2-10-0 built in 1924 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. It originally pulled sugar beet trains for the Great Western Railroad to the company's mill in Loveland, Colorado. The Stras... (more)

The November 11, 1978 Southern Steam Special ran from Birmingham to Sheffield, Alabama, a distance of about 130 miles each way. The power was Texas & Pacific I-1a Class 2-10-4 610. T&P 610 was bui... (more)

Strasburg 90 is a 2-10-0 built in 1924 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. It originally pulled sugar beet trains for the Great Western Railroad to the company's mill in Loveland, Colorado. The Stras... (more)

Lima Locomotive Works introduced the new concept of "Super Power" in the 1920s, thanks to Lima's mechanical engineer William E. Woodward. Woodard defined "Super Power" as "horsepower at speed". Pr... (more)

Burlington K-2 class 4-6-0 637 was built by Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works in November 1892 as Burlington & Missouri River 309. In 1949 this locomotive was refitted with a diamond stack for exh... (more)

My final trip to the C&NW 40th Street Shops was just before May 22, 1956, the last day for C&NW steam in Chicago. The only operational steam locomotives I saw on this visit were several 0-6-0s and... (more)

On a dark and dreary day, Southern (Chesapeake & Ohio) 2716 is attended to before returning to Atlanta with the Dogwood Special I. This is a companion shot to image 338226.

The Spring Steam Special III excursion ran from Atlanta to Toccoa, Georgia, a distance of about 100 miles each way. Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 611 was the power this day, still looking like s... (more)

The Dogwood Special I ran from Atlanta to Chattanooga, a distance of approximately 115 miles each way. The power for this trip was C&O K4 class 2-8-4 2716, built by Lima Locomotive Works in 1944. ... (more)

In 1946 four 25 year old F-19 C&O Pacifics were converted by the C&O to class L-1 Hudsons (490-493). They were modernized with new cast frames, Poppet valves, roller bearings on all axles, the lat... (more)

Burlington's Denver Zephyr surprised me while I was waiting for the mail train in the background (shown in image 354169). It came out of nowhere and was by me in a flash. It had to be hitting at l... (more)